Cigar-making machine.



R. SGHMITT. CIGAR MAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1911.

Patented May 7, 1912.

ooLululA rLANouRAPH Cm. WASHINGTON. D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLF SCI-IMITT, OF FRANKFORT-ON-TI-IE-MAIN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO THEFIRM OF MASCI-IINENFABRIK SCHNARR & SCHMITT, OF FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN,

GERMANY.

CIGAR-MAKING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. May 6, 1911.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, R-UDoLF SoHMrrr,engineer, a subject of the German Emperor, and resident of Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany, with the post-office addressRotlintstrasse 45, have invented new and useful Improvements inCigar-Making Machines, of which the following is a specification.

In machines for rolling cigars it is customary to employ a templetarranged above the rolling cloth, on which the bunch is shaped by handbefore it reaches the rolling cloth. Inasmuch, however, as the templetis a fixture, an alteration in the shape of the bunch is very liable tooccur when the hunch is removed from the templet and placed on thecloth.

It has been proposed to employ devices for preliminarily molding thebunch which, for transferring the bunch to the rolling cloth, have to beturned over through an angle of about 180 during which operation thebunch is apt to open out as it cannotbe held by the hand.

According to my invention the templet is arranged directly over therolling cloth in such manner that it only needs to be tilted through asmall angle in order to bring it into contact with the rolling cloth andhence, when once the bunch has been shaped, it can be held firmly by thehand until it has been pressed into the trough of the rolling table sothat any risk of its becoming deformed or springing open again isobviated. The templet is provided with a releasing device which frees itat the right moment.

The invention is illustrated in the accom panying drawings whereinFigure 1 is a front elevation of the cigar rolling machine, while Figs.2 and 3 are side elevations showing the fore-molding plate in its twoextreme positions. Fig. 4C is a plan, and Fig. 5 is a perspective viewof the fore-mold plate.

The tobacco which is contained in a suitable receptacle 1 is placed byhand on the inner portion of the fore-mold plate 2. Said plate 2 ismounted on the shaft 3 and said shaft is journaled in the two sideframes 4 of the machine.

5 is a spiral spring normally tending to swing the fore-mold plate 2 inthe horizontal position and 6* is an arm projecting from the shaft 3which prevents excessive rearward movement of the plate 2 beyond thehorizontal position by coming into contact with a stop 7 The foremoldplate 2 is retained during the shaping of the bunch by a catch 10 whichis mounted on a pivot 9 and engages a pin 6 projecting from the shaft 3,this detention being effected when the rolling lever 8 attains itsrearward end po sition by engaging the lower end of the catch 10. Thelever 8 is in the form of a bell-crank lever, and is secured on theshaft 11 which is pivotally mounted in the two side frames 12 and 13 ofthe machine. 1 1 is a link engaging at the point of rotation 15 of thebell-crank lever 8 and jointed at 16 to a treadle 17 which is supportedon the shaft 18 also pivotally mounted in the side frames 12 and 13.

To transfer the tobacco, that has been shaped on the fore-mold plate 2,into the trough of the rolling table 19, the treadle 17 is presseddownwardly to impart to the rolling lever a forward movement. On theadvance of the lever 8 the catch 10 engaged thereby and which swings onthe pivot 9 is drawn backwardly by a spring 20, so that the fore-moldplate 2 with the hand-molded filler may be depressed until the bentforward edge of the plate 2 comes into posit-ion directly behind thetrough of the rolling table 19 (upon the rolling cloth 21 of which thewrapper has been previously laid) whereupon the tobacco is pressed byhand on to the portion of the wrapper lying in the trough. On thetreadle 17 being moved farther and the lever 8 passing over and beyondthe trough, the rolling of the bunch proceeds in the usual manner.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a cigar rolling machine, the combination of a rolling cloth, afore-mold plat-e pivotally mounted above said rolling cloth, a rollinglever, a projecting pin connected with said fore-mold plate, and a catchfor engaging with said pin to retain said foremold plate, and saidrolling lever adapted to release said pin from the catch, substantiallyas described.

2. In a cigar rolling machine the combination with a rolling cloth of arotatably mounted shaft thereabove, a fore-mold plate carried by theshaft, a spring tending to swing said plate upwardly, an arm projectingfrom the shaft and a stop for the arm to limit the upward movement ofthe plate, a rolling lever, and a catch operated by the rolling leverfor holding the fore-mold plate in its normal position, substantially asand for the purpose described.

into engagement with the pin to hold the fore-mold plate in its normalposition, and a'spring for disengaging the catch from said pin when thecatch is released by the rolling lever, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

4:. In a cigar rolling machine the combination of a table provided withatrough in its upper face, a rolling cloth over the Copies of thispatent may be obtained for five cents :each, by addressing theCommissioner of Patents.

table, and a fore-mold plate pivotally supported above the rolling clothand adapted to cooperate with the trough whereby the form of the bunchcan be retained until it is deposited in the trough, substantially asdescribed.

5. In a cigar rolling machine the combination of a table provided with atrough in its upper face, a rolling cloth over the table, a fore-moldplate pivotally supported above the rolling cloth and adapted tocooperate with the trough, a rolling lever, and means actuated by therolling lever for holding the fore-mold plate in its normal position,substantially as described.

In testimony, that'I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy name in presence of two witnesses, this th day of April, 1911. RUDOLFSCHMITT.

Witnesses:

CARL WEIHE, EVA SATTLER.

Washington, I). G.

